Chapter 510 A forgotten cave in the sea of Time
Fifty years ago-- The Outer Beast Territory within the Black Sun Kingdom
This area is famous for being untouched by humans as it was home to countless beasts whose levels range from 1 to 10, those beasts take advantage of the large area in the outer beast zone to hunt each other and even hunt some unfortunate humans
The number of humans who enter this area looking for an easy hunt or a quicker way to reach another kingdom is not small, But the number of humans who actually get out of it alive does not even reach a quarter of that number. Only experienced Hunters who can detect danger before it occurs or high-level cultivators can roam here freely. After all, it is a forbidden area for humans, only someone who is a Marial Knight can walk around here without fear.
However... Two individuals have been frolicking in that area for a very long time as if it were their backyard.
"Haa... Haa... Haa..!" A boy pulled the corpse of a beast several times larger than his body and dumped it in front of the entrance to a cave, That cave was in the center of a mountain, meaning it was quite high from the rest of the forest, and yet the teenager managed to successfully pull that huge corpse up.
The boy looked up and panted heavily for a few moments until he rested a bit, then turned his gaze towards a white-haired old man who was sitting on the edge of the cliff with his back facing the cave, "Dad, I caught a three-horned wild boar for lunch today as you asked."
Just by looking at the back of that skinny, bent old man, anyone might think that any breeze of wind is enough to knock him off the cliff, but whoever looks deeply enough and feels the almost tangible aura around him will have his first thought to kneel before him immediately...
"Good, good, well done." The old man replied indifferently
"Phew~" The boy puffed to revitalize his body, then quickly went in to fetch a small sharp knife and started skinning the three-horned wild boar, "Dad, how do you want it? Roasted or boiled?"
"Good, good, well done." The old man replied again.
The boy put down the knife and shook his head with a smile when he heard the old man's reply, he appeared to understand something and then yelled, "Dammit Dad, I can't believe you got into your weird state at a time like this. We are approaching sunset and the beasts are about to start hunting. If one of them catches a glimpse of your old bones sitting absent-mindedly like that, it will pounce on you without much hesitation. you should have entered the cave first at least !"
"Good, good, well done..."
"Arghh, I have to start asking for a fee…" The boy sighed, then put the knife aside and went to the old man's side, then patted him on the shoulder, "Come on, Dad, let me help you enter to continue what you are doing inside, you have been meditating here for more than a hundred years, a few extra minutes won't make a difference, don't you think?"
"..good good.. well done.."
"Hmm?" The boy furrowed his eyebrows, ever since he opened his eyes to the world, and he saw his father distracted most of the time, but he always looked at him and scolded him when he interrupted his focus, This was the first time he was ignored to this degree.
The boy followed his father's gaze until he found a fly... just an ordinary fly like the ones found in ant random house. Perhaps the only thing that can be noticed about this fly is that it walks slowly on the ground and cannot fly, and by observing its weak movement it was clear that it was close to death...
"...A fly?" The boy's features turned from curiosity to astonishment, then to pity mixed with some fear, "Sigh~ Why don't you listen to my words and just raise your level? Have you reached the point of observing insects now? It seems that Time has begun to have its effect on your mind after what it did to your body, you wouldn't last long like this."
"Time... True, I have lived for more than 140 years now, it is normal for me to be old..." The old man finally said something different this time and raised his finger to point at the fly, "That insect is also old and about to die of old age, but it was only born 7 days ago... What's different between us? Why can I live all these years when the flies only last a few days?"
"Well, I think it was--" The boy was happy because his father seemed to have woken up and straightened his posture a little to answer his question, but he quickly noticed his father's unfocused eye. He knows this eye too well... His father was still lost in his mind. This question was not directed at him!
"...Any rational person would say that an insect has a simple physical structure while we humans have stronger and more complex internal systems...There is also a weak metal like Carbon that can turn into The near indestructible Diamonds, why is that? Any person with little knowledge would also say that the reason is putting the Carbon under pressure, heat, etc... But what if..."
Here Robin paused for a few seconds as he looked at the insect with his unfocused eyes, "...What if we took the time factor out of the story? If we used the same example of comparing an insect and a human but set the condition that time stops for the two of them, would the insect have died before the human? Of course. No, but why? It is still the same weak body... Applying to the example of carbon, if we put it under the same pressure and temperature but stopped time, would it turn into diamonds? Of course not, this is like burying carbon for a moment and taking it out again quickly. Nothing will happen, it should be buried for millions of years…"
The boy raised his eyebrows and turned his gaze between his old dad and the insect that had turned on its back and started to breathe its last, 'Did my father understand all this from observing the insect?!' Although he did not understand anything from his father's words, it seemed very deep.
"...If we use this criterion on everything else since we eliminate the influence of time on it, we will find that the rivers will not move, the mountains will not form, and the sun will not rise, but rather the entire universe would not come to be... If even the fate of the universe is subject to the influence of time, Time is not just a concept invented by humans to measure the number of hours they work in a day, time is a heavenly law, No... it is a whole path!"
*buzzzt*
"Holy shit!!" The boy felt his heart going to jump out of his chest when he caught a glimpse of a green glow in his father's eyes, but he quickly shook his head and regained his balance when the glow quickly disappeared.
"...No, there is something missing. All of the heavenly laws have a clear or unclear effect on life in the universe, but according to my understanding of them, they are not at the same level. For example, if we divide the heavenly laws into levels, there are Minor laws that affect our surroundings, but if they are absent, the universe will remain running and life will still thrive, such as the Minor laws of some rare minerals, or such as the laws responsible for the senses of touch or hearing. There are also the Major laws of some paths that, if absent, the features of the universe will change and life may end, but the universe will still exist, such as the laws of fire, Water, and many others."
"Then we come to what I understand as the fundamental laws, which can be described as the basic building blocks of the universe, and if they were absent, everything would collapse, like the law of space. And there are the Master laws that can be said to be the pillars of everything and have authority over the rest of the laws, I don't know any of those yet but I have a feeling that the law of Truth that I am Searcing for is one of those Master Laws... Now if we return to our topic, I am sure that the main law of time is a fundamental law, I do not think is strong enough to be a Master law, but it is quite close..."
"...Hmm I can't call this a key to the Time Law yet, I feel like there's a link missing." The old man spoke absent-mindedly as he watched the dead fly in front of him being carried away by the wind, finally closing his eyes slowly, "Time… It affects everything in existence, forward... I need something that affects the course of Time... but I can't think of a single thing that can affect time… the heavenly laws, They are all interconnected, it is impossible to say that time is completely separated from them, I have to find that missing link that connects time with the rest of the laws if I want to move forward... I need something that affects the course of Time... Something that affects the course of time... Ehh?!"
At that moment, the old man finally felt someone's breath on his face, so he cried out like a little girl, then extended his hand and slapped the boy next to him on the back of his neck, "Is that you, you disobedient bastard! What are you doing? Do you want to give me a heart attack? Is this my reward for raising you, you little bastard?! "
The boy opened his eyes slightly and spoke resentfully as he got up, "Tsk~ the prestige is lost, come on, get up, I brought the food."
"Hmm? Oh, you got the three-horned wild boar? Is that why you wanted to kill me by giving me a heart attack? So that you could eat it by yourself? I won't allow it!!" The old man jokingly shouted and threw his small stick at the boy, then smiled and got up and started looking for cooking equipment to help him...
The boy chuckled after he managed to dodge the stick easily, then returned to grab his sharp knife again to continue the skinning of the three-horned wild boar.
But this time the boy was much slower, and his eyes were completely distracted, thinking about what his old man was saying...
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Present day --- Planet Greenland
"Space… The only thing that can affect Time is Space!!"
*OOOMMMNNN*